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Category Archives: Law & Justice

The Wall Township police captain found not guilty of drunken driving by Red Bank Municipal Court Judge William Himelman in May plans to sue his employer for $5 million, according to news reports today. The arresting officer in the case,...
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September 12th, 2007 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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The New York Times has picked up on the story of pop star Bon Jovi's legal efforts to flush a cold caffeinated beverage called Mijovi. Bon Jovi contends that the Mijovi name and the marketing tagline "itsmilife" infringe on his...
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September 11th, 2007 @ 12pm
One of two suspects in a July armed robbery of a Shrewsbury Avenue jewelry store is in custody following his arrest earlier this week, Red Bank police report. In a separate matter, police are looking for three men believed to...
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September 6th, 2007 @ 2pm
Red Bank Police are investigating four suspected shootings over little more than three weeks that were not previously disclosed to the public, Capt. Steven McCarthy confirmed to redbankgreen this afternoon. No one was injured in any of the four incidents...
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August 31st, 2007 @ 4pm
Twelfth-district state Assemblywoman and Red Bank resident Jennifer Beck has asked Attorney General Anne Milgram to speed up the scheduled hearing on whether the borough can shut down Best Liquors over a series of sales infractions. "March of 2008 is...
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August 30th, 2007 @ 2pm
A Jersey City policeman who lives in Middletown and has a record spotted with drunk-driving allegations was indicted in Hudson County yesterday in the DWI death of a two-year-old boy in January. The indictment charges Officer Kevin Freibott with aggravated...
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August 29th, 2007 @ 10am
Red Bank's effort to shut down Best Liquors on Leighton Avenue won't go before an administrative law judge until March 5, nine months after the Borough Council voted to yank the store's license. Borough Attorney Tom Hall got word of...
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August 28th, 2007 @ 10am
Red Bank Police will man a DWI spot-check on Newman Springs Road beginning at 11p tonight, the department says in a press release. The sobriety checkpoint will stay up until 3a. Extra patrols will also be on the lookout for...
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August 24th, 2007 @ 8am
Even amid a summer-long crackdown on underage drinking at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel, two concertgoers in their twenties died last night from a combination of booze and drugs, authorities say. The deaths came amid "mayhem" at the all-day,...
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August 17th, 2007 @ 1pm
A $40,950 grant awarded by the state last week will pay for a study to explore the feasibility of merging police departments in Fair Haven, Rumson and Little Silver, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The analysis will be conducted by...
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August 16th, 2007 @ 6am
A comment attributed to the late Monmouth County Freeholder Harry Larrison Jr. while he was under investigation for public corruption has raised some eyebrows at Red Bank Borough Hall. The remark appeared in an Asbury Park Press story Sunday, a...
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August 14th, 2007 @ 10am
A 26-year-old Red Bank man previously charged with six counts of burglary and attempted break-ins over a monthlong period now faces more than 20 charges for an alleged crime spree in the borough that lasted eight months. After an investigation...
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August 10th, 2007 @ 6am
Even from the perspective of non-fans of the game, this weekend's baseball show at the Two River Theater looks genuinely fascinating. The program calls for a full and wide-ranging schedule of baseball-themed readings ('Casey at the Bat,' anyone?), movies, speeches...
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August 9th, 2007 @ 7am
Shortly before his client was scheduled to be released on a stunning $20 million bail posting, a lawyer for Tonino Solimine of Rumson told a federal judge on Long Island yesterday that the oil-trucking company owner was shutting the business...
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August 2nd, 2007 @ 10am
In a move that embattled Best Liquors owner Sunny Sharma and many of his customers see as a blatant attempt to harass him out of business, the borough of Red Bank painted the curbs at Leighton Avenue and Catherine Street...
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August 1st, 2007 @ 3pm
Seems somebody may have been desperate for office supplies. The Asbury Park Press has a story this afternoon about four out-of-staters arrested Sunday at the Staples store in Shrewsbury for trying to pass a stolen credit card number. Apparently, the...
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July 24th, 2007 @ 3pm
A Rumson man remained jailed on Long Island yesterday on federal charges othat he was involved in a $75 million scheme to cheat heating oil customers through rigged meters on delivery trucks, according to an article in Newsday. Bail hearings...
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July 24th, 2007 @ 6am
Red Bank police today released this sketch of a suspect wanted in the sexual assault of a woman in a downtown parking lot in the early morning of Sunday, July 8. Description: Hispanic male, round face, olive complexion, five-foot-six, medium...
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July 19th, 2007 @ 3pm
Just hours after a municipal court hearing on the latest allegations of an alleged sale of alcohol to a minor, Red Bank police are dropping the charges, redbankgreen has learned. Borough attorney Tom Hall tells us that Javier Lopez-Ruiz, the...
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July 19th, 2007 @ 2pm
Zuhdi Karagjozi, the Rumson man who founded Kara Homes, claims in court papers that the bankrupt homebuilder's chief restructuring officer and "his henchmen" are poised to cheat him, according to a story on the Asbury Park Press website. From the...
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July 19th, 2007 @ 12pm
Partyline
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)